compared a plane full of nauseated passengers to an Anita Bryant concert. In Michael Moore’s documentary “Roger & Me” (1989), Ms. Bryant embodied forced optimism, singing the pop song “Joy ...

Anita Bryant, born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, is an American singer, beauty queen, and controversial figure in the realm of LGBTQ+ rights. Raised in a devout Southern Baptist family, ...

She was blacklisted and got a raw deal, but like her or not, she stuck to her convictions,” Anthony Verdugo, founder and executive director of the Christian Family Coalition.

Anita Bryant, a popular singer and product pitchwoman in the 1960s and ’70s who successfully destroyed both those aspect of ...

She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice before her career came ...

Bryant was perhaps most well-known for her 1977 “Save Our Children” campaign that painted gays and lesbians as a threat to ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became ... Bryant was a Barnsdall native who began singing at an early age, and was just 12 when she hosted her own local television show.

Anita Bryant Dry's soaring vocals helped catapult her to fame, from her public singing debut as a preschooler at her grandparent's Oklahoma Baptist church, her television show at age 12 and her ...

Anita Bryant, a Grammy-nominated singer and ... As an adult, her career in music blossomed, with Bryant singing at both Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1968 and the Super Bowl ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma ... Bryant was a Barnsdall native who began singing at an early age, and was just 12 when she hosted her own local television show. She was named Miss Oklahoma ...